SOLANA’S LAST GIFT
July 15, 2009 by yipbop · Leave a Comment
It seems that the top diplomat of the European Union, Javier Solana, insists on leaving an offensive vestige on his obsessive courtship toward a two-state solution in the Land of Israel before his retirement. As you are probably aware, Solana has made headlines this week when he gave a speech in London in which he said that if an agreement between Israel and the Arab Palestinians did not come to fruition, that the United Nations should unilaterally enforce the two-state “solution” to the conflict including borders, refugees, and Jerusalem.
It takes a lot of chutzpah to make such an absurd statement to the world about a sovereign country such as Israel. I should retort to Solana who is a Spaniard, that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Meaning, Israel could also ask that the UN Security Council recognize the independent state of Basque in Spain, since for many years ETA (similarly to the PLO) has used terrorism and violence in a political war against the government in Madrid. But it is not proper to meddle in other countries’ internal affairs and Solana should know better.
It is obvious to this writer that Solana’s behavior throughout the years as Chief of the European Union and the hypocrisy that he has shown and continues to show vis-à-vis Israel is not suspected of being pro-Israeli. As a diplomat of this stature, Solana made the most stupid and credulous statements that anyone could imagine; for example, he insisted in an interview with the then Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, that it was “not impossible” for Hamas to change and “recognize the existence of Israel,” and that Hamas wants to “liberate the Palestinians, not to destroy Israel.” According to his words, he appears to be oblivious to the culture of terror that represents Hamas. Hamas refers to any town in Israel as an “illegal settlement.” Its declared aim is to destroy Israel. Hamas has proudly endorsed, initiated and sent numerous suicide murderers into Israeli buses, supermarkets, shopping malls, weddings and other crowded places. The Hamas media, and especially its independent TV station, carry daily children programs (including programs for kindergarten age) depicting the Jews (and not only the Israelis) as pigs, dogs, scum of the earth and creatures that must be killed. I could go on and on, but it seems that all of these “deeds” are inconsequential to Solana.
Solana also carelessly declared that the construction of the security fence was a bad idea for Israel when this so-called “wall” has prevented over 95% of suicide bombers since its erection in 2002. This should teach you that Solana does not have any notion of what Jihad or Hamas stands for. In fact, he seems to also ignore Hamas’ charter stating that “so-called peace solutions and international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement.
I would like to say to Solana without any hesitation “Solana, your contributions to Israel are contrary to what you would do in your own country; your diplomatic hypocrisy vis-à-vis Israel is so apparent that your departure from the scene is indeed a cause for celebration.” Solana’s last statement before his retirement about the UN enforcing a two-state solution down the throat of Israel, in view of his past suspicious Israeli political agenda, has already been dismissed as dangerous by those in Government whose heads are in the right place for the time being.
NETANYAHU’S CHALLENGE
April 30, 2009 by yipbop · Leave a Comment
In these trouble times, I would not want to be in the Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu’s shoes, and indeed neither in the Foreign Minister’s. Netanyahu is preparing his sale presentation on the Palestinian conflict to the Obama administration on May 18th 2009 and the preliminary reports issued by the soft-spoken Obama could be translated into either you obey our policy with regard to a Palestinian State, no matter at what cost to Israel, or you’ll lose our support. The EU, the failed quartet and the UN are all backing Obama’s rhetoric which includes support for the abysmal Saudi plan. In fact, just recently Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, issued another threat to Israel: “the international community would deal with the next Israeli government according to its program and platform,” and we know what this program and platform are.
Netanyahu’s plan to be presented to Obama is well thought out and is certainly realistic and judicious, based on the terror entities Israel is dealing with. He will have the difficult task of replacing the weak and suicidal policies concocted by Livni, Olmert and Condoleezza Rice prior to leaving office. His first order of business, and rightly so, is the urgency to stop Iran from producing nuclear weapons, since as he puts it, this threat prevails over any of the other dangers. Obama is probably waiting for the June elections in Iran in hopes that Ahmadinejad will be replaced by a more “moderate” leader. But even if this diabolical figure loses the elections, the government in Iran is led by Ayatollas and Mullahs who support Ahmadinejad’s demonization and destruction of Israel and also label the U.S. as the Big Satan. Next item in Netanyahu’s agenda is Syria, a terrorist entity that Obama is also intending to schmooze like Iran, again to no avail. And the third and last threat to Israel is of course the corrupt and terrorist PLO led by the holocaust denier, Mahmoud Abbas. If Obama’s election in the U.S. was based on his intelligence and wisdom for change, and his “unshakeable” support of Israel, he shouldn’t argue, let alone reject, Netanyahu’s clear agenda of dealing with the PA, which is based on building institutions and a strong economy in the Palestinian territories, demand rejection of terrorism and recognition of Israel as a Jewish State prior to any commitment for a two-state solution. How can anyone in his right mind push for another Arab state in the heart of Israel when the Palestinians themselves are divided, their covenant calls for the destruction of Israel and their media is full of Jewish demonization?
I sincerely hope that Netanyahu will avoid a confrontation with Obama, but if there is a duel, we will know Obama’s true colors. Israel is an independent and sovereign state and Netanyahu should stand tall in defense of Israel’s interest and security. The terrorist threat in the U.S. following the deadly event of 9/11 has unfortunately been dispatched as an eight-year old solitary event. Let’s hope that the current global myopic view of global terrorism will not repeat itself again with yet another deadly attack.